I. Reading:

We will learn:

1. The basic features of print:

a. How to follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page.

b. That spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.

c. That words are separated by spaces in print.

d. All upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet.

2. Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes):

a. How to produce rhyming words.

b. How to count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words.

c. How to blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words.

d. How to isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words.

e. How to blend two to three phonemes into recognizable words.

3. How to apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words both in isolation and in text.

a. Basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary sounds.

b. The long and short sounds with common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels. (Identify which letters represent the five major vowels [Aa, Ee, Ii, Oo, and Uu] and know the long and short sound of each vowel.

c. How to read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).

d. How to distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.

4. How to read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.

a. Reading Continued...

We will Learn:

1. How to ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

2. How to retell familiar stories.

3. How to identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.

4. How to ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.

5.How to recognize common types of texts (e.g., storybooks, poems, fantasy, realistic text)

6. How to name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story.

7. How to describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).

8. How to compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories.

9. How to engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding:

II. Writing

We will learn:

1. How to use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book they are writing about and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book

2. How to use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which we name what we are writing about and supply some information about the topic.

3. How to use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened.

4. How to respond to questions and suggestions from peers and add details to strengthen writing as needed.

5. How to participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., explore a number of books by a favorite author and express opinions about them)

III. Speaking and Listening

We will learn:

1. How to participate in conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

2. How to confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details.

a. How to follow one- and two step oral directions.

3. How to ask and Answer questions

4. How to describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.

5. How to add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail.

IV. Language Standards

We will learn:

1. The conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking:

a. How to print many upper- and lowercase letters.

b. Frequently occurring nouns and verbs.

c. How to form regular plural nouns orally by adding /s/ or /es/ (e.g., dog, dogs; wish, wishes).

d. To use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).

e. The most frequently occurring prepositions (e.g., to, from, in, out, on, off, for, of, by, with). f. Produce and expand complete sentences in shared language activities.

2. How to use capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing:

a. To capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I.

b. To Recognize and name end punctuation.

c. to write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).

d. How to spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.

3. How to determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on kindergarten reading and content:

a. How to identify new meanings for familiar words and apply them accurately (e.g., knowing duck is a bird and learning the verb to duck).

b. How to use the most frequently occurring inflections and affixes (e.g., -ed, -s, re-, un-, pre-, -ful, -less) as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word.